# Results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections (Basque Country)

This is the results breakdown of the local elections held in the Basque Country on 25 May 2003. The following tables show detailed results in the autonomous community's most populous municipalities, sorted alphabetically.

## Overall

Councillor share for parties securing >1.0% of councillors up for election.
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 municipal election results in the Basque Country → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 498,473 | 43.86 | +9.66 | 1,602 | +467 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 398,204 | 35.04 | +12.28 | 870 | +492 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | 75,635 | 6.66 | –1.67 | 629 | +13 |
| | Basque Solidarity (EA) | 24,634 | 2.17 | –0.94 | 103 | –38 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 251,120 | 22.10 | +3.22 | 296 | +53 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 212,486 | 18.70 | +1.22 | 232 | +9 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 90,534 | 7.97 | +3.59 | 79 | +53 |
| | Aralar (Aralar) | 16,891 | 1.49 | New | 30 | +30 |
| | Meeting Point for Self-Determination (AuB)$^1$ $^2$ | 10,604 | 0.93 | –18.70 | 33 | –646 |
| | Alavese Unity (UA) | 6,191 | 0.54 | –0.29 | 0 | –9 |
| | Neighbors for Sestao (VPS/SAA) | 2,767 | 0.24 | New | 3 | +3 |
| | The Voice of the People (LVP) | 2,693 | 0.24 | +0.06 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Party of the Democratic Karma (PKD) | 1,285 | 0.11 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 1,161 | 0.10 | +0.02 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ZAAAA) | 509 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Others | 24,669 | 2.17 | — | 282 | +66 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 17,017 | 1.50 | +0.06 | | |
| Total | Total | 1,136,400 | | | 2,566 | +26 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,136,400 | 89.97 | –9.18 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 126,751 | 10.03 | +9.18 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 1,263,151 | 69.90 | +5.09 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 543,916 | 30.10 | –5.09 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,807,067 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Meeting Point for Self-Determination results are compared to Basque Citizens totals in the 1999 elections.$^2$ The Supreme Court annulled 229 of the 249 lists of Meeting Point for Self-Determination due to them being a continuation of the outlawed Unity and Basque Citizens parties. Consequently, these forces called for their voters to cast invalid ballots. Results for AuB refer only to the lists that were not invalidated. |||||||
Popular vote
PNV–EA
43.86%
PSE–EE (PSOE)
22.10%
PP
18.70%
EB/IU
7.97%
Aralar
1.49%
Others
4.39%
Blank ballots
1.50% :

## City control

The following table lists party control in the most populous municipalities, including provincial capitals (shown in bold). Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.
| Municipality | Population | Previous control | New control |
| Barakaldo | 95,515 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) |
| Basauri | 45,482 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Bilbao | 353,950 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Donostia-San Sebastián | 181,700 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) |
| Errenteria | 38,697 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) |
| Getxo | 84,024 | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) | Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) |
| Irun | 57,618 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) |
| Portugalete | 51,553 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) |
| Santurtzi | 47,460 | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–EE (PSOE)) |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 221,270 | People's Party (PP) | People's Party (PP) |

## Municipalities
### Barakaldo

    Population: 95,515
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Barakaldo election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 17,448 | 34.04 | +0.69 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 15,474 | 30.19 | +7.59 | 8 | +2 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 11,108 | 21.67 | +0.98 | 5 | ±0 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 6,401 | 12.49 | +4.37 | 3 | +1 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –12.79 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 825 | 1.61 | +0.06 | | |
| Total | Total | 51,256 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 51,256 | 94.51 | –4.82 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,976 | 5.49 | +4.82 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 54,232 | 64.53 | +5.87 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,816 | 35.47 | –5.87 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 84,048 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Basauri

    Population: 45,482
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Basauri election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 11,045 | 43.92 | +9.58 | 10 | +3 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 7,170 | 28.51 | +0.67 | 6 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 4,309 | 17.13 | –0.53 | 4 | ±0 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 2,145 | 8.53 | +3.31 | 1 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 152 | 0.60 | +0.10 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –13.09 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 329 | 1.31 | –0.05 | | |
| Total | Total | 25,150 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,150 | 93.78 | –5.54 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,668 | 6.22 | +5.54 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 26,818 | 67.74 | +6.93 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 12,770 | 32.26 | –6.93 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 39,588 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Bilbao

    Population: 353,950
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Bilbao election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 82,176 | 41.33 | +10.24 | 13 | +4 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 51,499 | 25.90 | +0.88 | 8 | ±0 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 37,206 | 18.71 | +2.21 | 5 | ±0 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 20,308 | 10.21 | +4.93 | 3 | +2 |
| | Aralar (Aralar) | 2,701 | 1.36 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Party of the Democratic Karma (PKD) | 1,285 | 0.65 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Anti-Bullfighting Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA/ZAAAA) | 484 | 0.24 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 456 | 0.23 | +0.10 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI) | 315 | 0.16 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Front (Frente) | 85 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Carlist Party (EKA/PC) | 66 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 (FEI–FE 2000) | 61 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –12.56 | 0 | –4 |
| | Basque Citizen Initiative (ICV/EHE) | n/a | n/a | –7.60 | 0 | –2 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,207 | 1.11 | –0.19 | | |
| Total | Total | 198,849 | | | 29 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 198,849 | 94.75 | –4.59 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 11,018 | 5.25 | +4.59 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 209,867 | 68.32 | +7.65 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 97,331 | 31.68 | –7.65 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 307,198 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Donostia-San Sebastián

    Population: 181,700
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Donostia-San Sebastián election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 33,349 | 35.60 | +5.55 | 10 | +1 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA)$^1$ | 27,855 | 29.73 | +6.23 | 9 | +2 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 22,260 | 23.76 | +2.76 | 7 | +1 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 4,895 | 5.23 | +2.10 | 1 | +1 |
| | Aralar (Aralar) | 3,214 | 3.43 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | We, the Women of the Plaza (Plazandreok) | 611 | 0.65 | ±0.00 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 (FEI–FE 2000) | 66 | 0.07 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Front (Frente) | 26 | 0.03 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –19.62 | 0 | –5 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,402 | 1.50 | +0.21 | | |
| Total | Total | 93,678 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 93,678 | 89.78 | –9.70 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 10,665 | 10.22 | +9.70 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 104,343 | 66.46 | +2.90 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 52,663 | 33.54 | –2.90 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 157,006 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity results are compared to Basque Solidarity–Basque Nationalist Party totals in the 1999 election. |||||||

### Errenteria

    Population: 38,697
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Errenteria election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 7,512 | 43.32 | +9.52 | 10 | +2 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 5,456 | 31.47 | +13.14 | 7 | +3 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 2,110 | 12.17 | +0.66 | 2 | ±0 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 1,938 | 11.18 | +5.18 | 2 | +1 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –28.86 | 0 | –6 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 323 | 1.86 | +0.35 | | |
| Total | Total | 17,339 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 17,339 | 82.97 | –16.32 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,560 | 17.03 | +16.32 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 20,899 | 62.70 | +2.37 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 12,432 | 37.30 | –2.37 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 33,331 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Getxo

    Population: 84,024
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Getxo election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 20,923 | 42.66 | +5.40 | 11 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 16,106 | 32.84 | –0.28 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 6,355 | 12.96 | +3.10 | 3 | +1 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 3,538 | 7.21 | +3.07 | 2 | +2 |
| | Aralar (Aralar) | 1,294 | 2.64 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –13.10 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 832 | 1.70 | –0.19 | | |
| Total | Total | 49,048 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 49,048 | 94.30 | –5.18 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,966 | 5.70 | +5.18 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 52,014 | 74.97 | +7.09 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 17,367 | 25.03 | –7.09 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 69,381 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Irun

    Population: 57,618
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Irun election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 11,101 | 34.43 | +3.87 | 9 | +1 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 9,663 | 29.97 | +0.07 | 8 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 6,042 | 18.74 | –2.31 | 5 | –1 |
| | Irun People–Meeting Point for Self-Determination (IH)$^1$ | 2,497 | 7.75 | –4.26 | 2 | –1 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 2,400 | 7.44 | +2.75 | 1 | +1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 535 | 1.66 | –0.13 | | |
| Total | Total | 32,238 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,238 | 99.13 | –0.06 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 284 | 0.87 | +0.06 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 32,522 | 65.31 | +3.89 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 17,273 | 34.69 | –3.89 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 49,795 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||
| Footnotes: $^1$ Irun People–Meeting Point for Self-Determination results are compared to Basque Citizens totals in the 1999 election. |||||||

### Portugalete

    Population: 51,553
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Portugalete election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 9,689 | 33.54 | +5.90 | 9 | +2 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 9,336 | 32.32 | +3.09 | 8 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 5,678 | 19.65 | –0.90 | 5 | ±0 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 3,386 | 11.72 | +1.97 | 3 | +1 |
| | Aralar (Aralar) | 381 | 1.32 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –10.98 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 420 | 1.45 | –0.40 | | |
| Total | Total | 28,890 | | | 25 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 28,890 | 94.94 | –4.16 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,541 | 5.06 | +4.16 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 30,431 | 67.86 | +6.44 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 14,412 | 32.14 | –6.44 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 44,843 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Santurtzi

    Population: 47,460
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Santurtzi election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 9,640 | 38.12 | +11.43 | 8 | +2 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 8,641 | 34.17 | –0.20 | 8 | ±0 |
| | People's Party (PP) | 3,883 | 15.36 | +0.10 | 3 | ±0 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 2,707 | 10.70 | +3.04 | 2 | +1 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –14.56 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 417 | 1.65 | +0.19 | | |
| Total | Total | 25,288 | | | 21 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,288 | 92.56 | –6.78 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,034 | 7.44 | +6.78 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 27,322 | 66.56 | +6.07 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 13,725 | 33.44 | –6.07 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 41,047 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||

### Vitoria-Gasteiz

    Population: 221,270
← Summary of the 25 May 2003 City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz election results → :
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and alliances | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | ±pp | Total | +/− |
| | People's Party (PP) | 38,222 | 30.47 | –0.33 | 9 | ±0 |
| | Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) | 36,855 | 29.38 | +4.84 | 9 | +2 |
| | Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE (PSOE)) | 30,033 | 23.94 | +5.32 | 7 | +2 |
| | United Left (EB/IU) | 10,058 | 8.02 | +2.89 | 2 | +1 |
| | Alavese Unity (UA) | 5,667 | 4.52 | –2.98 | 0 | –2 |
| | Aralar (Aralar) | 2,283 | 1.82 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Humanist Party (PH) | 553 | 0.44 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Independent Spanish Phalanx–Phalanx 2000 (FEI–FE 2000) | 54 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Spanish Front (Frente) | 49 | 0.04 | New | 0 | ±0 |
| | Basque Citizens (EH) | n/a | n/a | –11.57 | 0 | –3 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,687 | 1.34 | –0.10 | | |
| Total | Total | 125,461 | | | 27 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 125,461 | 95.22 | –3.86 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 6,298 | 4.78 | +3.86 | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 131,759 | 70.89 | +8.99 | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 54,094 | 29.11 | –8.99 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 185,853 | | | | |
| Sources |||||||